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FRIDAY..8EPTEMBER 20, 1872.
FVR PRESIDENT:
Horace oreeley,
OF SEW YORK.
' FOE VICE PRESIDENT:
B. ORATZ BROWN,
" 'V OF MISSOURI.
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OEO. R. HEI.M. of Una county.
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I'OLITICAL MI'KAKI.XG.
IION. JAS. H. SLATER will address the clt
laens of Oregon at tha following Utnes and pla
ces, on political topics of the day :
, Eugene City, September 19, at 1 o'clock r. m.
Albany, Krptaniuer an, eveulut.
' Corvaiiis, beptember l, at I o clock p. X.
' Hcio, September si, at 1 o'ciocn r. M.
Dallas, fwptem Uer at 1 o'cioc P. JC.
Ureou CUy, avpiciituor J7, evening.
Tuo Dalle. Sopleuilx-r 3U. evelug. .
THE OOVEXOR'S MESSAGE.
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The biennial messnso of Governor
G rover, which accompanies this num
ber of the Democrat, iu supplement
form, is a masterly State paper. His
Excellency treats of every snhject
pertaining to the Slate Government in
an enlightened and comprehensive
manner, which loes honor to his
head and his heart. We commend it
to the careful consideration of every
reader, not only as containing a full
and honest statement of the condi
tion of the affairs of the common
wealth of Oregon, but as a model of
literary elegance. It is in every re
spect above criticism and just such a
paper as could be expected from the
pen of L. F. Grover. llis recomenda
tions are all timely and practical
and his conclusions are 60uud and
Etalesmanlike. It needs no other
comment than to be read, and we there
fore refrain from dwelling upon its
merits, and simply ask for it a caudid
perusal by every citizen who desires
to be informed in regard to the mani
fold interests of the Slate.
SECCBTXG ia OF VICTORY.
"Let ns re elect General Grant anil
secure the results of our victory over
treason and secscssion," shouted Bout
well into the ears of the manacled peo
ple of North Carolina. It would be
interesting to understand exactly what
that petty minion of a military tyrant
concei.tj to be the rctuiis ol that vic
tory. The soldiers whose valor secur
ed victory to the federal arms and the
people upon whose industry the expen
ses are levied, ask no other results than
the unity of the Republic and the re
turn o'f the Southern people to their
allegiance to the Constitution and
the laws. These results a-e already
secured. Like the first flowers of
Fprifir. they sprang up from the red
harvest fields of death, where heca
tombs of hopeful maiihoad were sac
rificed upon the accursed alter of iler
roicine strife. What other results do
the hone-t mass -of Nortern peoi le
expect from their victory over seces-i
sion and treason? ; None. Unity,
peace and fraternity are all that they
ever demanded, ; and these, - their
brothers of the South, have in all hon
esty conceded, whiie they ask onlv to
share with them those heaven -born
blessings of a free people. Not so
with Bontwell and Ms asoc'.ates in
crime. They are reaping, and they
demand to reap, still ofher results of the
Tictory over secession and treason.
Their thirst for blood and their lust
for gold are still insatiate. The South
in its helpless condition, is a fit victim
upon which to gratify their, unholy
passion. Hence; their inflamatory ap
peals for a continuance of the animos
ities which grew ont of the war, and
the prejudice which sprang from ig
norance. Are the people willing that
thee men shall continue in position
where they can- keep alive the section
al hate which has so long -embittered
our national life? If so, let them re
elect Grant; let them heed the clamor
cS incendiary appeals like that of
Botrtwetf in North Carolina and sup
port the Ruccaimeers1 who. are gorg
ing themfefvtts- upon booty wrung
from honest hand A vote for Grant
in November will be an emphatic en
dorsement of these wrongs ; a vote
witheld from Greeley will be no less
,-;.aa ...:n i. ::r.
it ibncuj iui ib nut. oiivtt ; hu tituuiviM
ence which is a practical cndcrseiaen-
SOLDIERS FOR GUEELETV Here
are a few of the prominent '. so'diers
who fought for the Union and who
will not fight for fGrant, but will
march under the lead of that glorions
old peace-maker, Horace Greeley :
Generals 4 Hooker, Meade, Hancock,
Banks,. McClernand, Slocnm.'Kilpat
rick, Manson, Pleasonlon, Burbridgp,
Blair, Schurz, Williams, Steadmaii,
Ward, Morgan, Wiley, Heath,. Burns.
McCIellsm YVhitely. Banning, Buell, !
Brinkerhoff, Moore,. Tuttle, Hazen,
Slack, ; Haskell, and Kilby Smith,--!
These then were Grant's associatua in
arm;, they;, know .him, and knowing,
him they repudiate him; ,'r
There are eight Republican rae, tu
bers of ibec United States Senate mho
are in favor of the election ; of Mr.
Greeley, viz:. Sumner, Trumbull
Schurz," Feufiojiv Sprague, Tiptop
Jtuc and West. .
THB CACCVH STSTEM.
The Republican papers of this Stato
are just now engaged in an earnest
discission of the merits of the caucus
system. With the single exception
of the Orcffoniahi they endorse the
caucus as the only means for main
taining political organizations and car
rying out the wiil of a party having
the ascendency. It is not to be be
lieved that those sticklers for the cau
cus system are sincere, further than
they expect to profit by it in the pres
eut Senatorial contest. They have
assurance that a small majority of the
Republican members of the Legisla
ture are in favor of their candidate (or
the Senate, while a large minority are
earnestly opposed to him. The only
way possible to insure the election of
their man is to manage to get all the
Republican members into caucus, and
there extort a pledge from the minor
ity, under threats of political excom
munication, to yield up their manhood
and rights as freemen to a few dicta
torial political experts who manipu
late the party reins.
, " While we claim to have no interest
in the contest now being wared
among the Grant organs, we deem it a
proper time to express an opinion in
regard to ,. the caucus system. The
lime is particularly appropriate for
the reason that the Senatorial contest
now being waged at the Capital, fur
nishes a practical illustration of the
evils which are always liable to result
from minorities permitting themselves
to be gagged by a caucus resolution.
The two prominent candidates before
the Legislature for a seat in the United
States Senate, are Messrs. II. W. Cor
bett and J. II. Mitchell. The latter is
Mr. Hoi laday's attorney, and as such
is regarded by a large majority of the
people, of every whade of politics, as a
dangerous man to send to the Senate
for six years. Mr. Corbett is an in
dependent citizen, who, by a trial in
that? high position for tha past six
years, has proved himself, barring his
politics, an honest mid worthy Sentor.
Were a vote of the whole people of
the State taken to day, to decide the
contest between Mr. Mitchell and Mr.
Corbett, it is quite certain that the
latter would poll ten votes to the for
mer's ewe. Notwithstanding this, it
is stated thai a majority ot the Grant
members of the Legislature are in la
vor ot overriding the will of a majori
ty of their party, and Heeling Mr.
Mitchell. Many of those favoricg a
caucus were elected tor the reason
than that they were privately pledged
to 6iipfort Mr. Mitchell for the Sen
ate. For the larsre minority to yield.
in the present case, it is therefore
plain that they would be surrender
ing when there is no need of surren
der, besides betraying the confidence
reposed in them by their constituents.
The truth is, that in nine cases out of
ten a caucus is a trap in which pro
fessional politicians and tricksters
catch honest and unsuspecting men,
and as such we shall always be glad
to see it discarded by anv and all
w
parties. It is a sort of Star Chamber,
where honesty is sacrificed upon the
shrine of villainy and the people are
cheated and defeated in the choice of
honest and capable men to represent
their interests in high and responsible
places, and as such a prudent Legisla
tor will shun it.
The Knowt-Nothixg Candidate.
Henry- Wikon, Radical candidate
for Vice President, has been driven
from pillar to post, on his Know
Nolhing record. He went into cover
for a while, under a letter written in
German to which his signature was
attached, flatly denying that he ever
was a Know-Nothing. He wa
smoked out of that and compelled to
pronounce the letter a forgery. Hon.
F. ' W; Bond, of Massachusetts, not
only gives the time and place of his
initiation, but also states that he was
black balled on his first proposal for
membership. He w'as afterwards,
unfortunately for himself, successful
in getting into another lodge, 'and
now comes- the New York Tribune,
with an extract from a speech of Wil
son's, published' in its issue of the 10th.
of October, 1855, in which Wilson
speaks of himself as a uiemeber of the
Know-Nothing party. O! Jeremiah!
That was one of the extracts from the
Tribune which you did not want res
urrected; There is an old proverb
that "one false statement breeds fifty."
Mr. Wilwm has illustrated it for the
benefit ; of "the public, in his clumsy
efforts to dodge bis past record as a
Know-Nothinj;.
- Gbeexxy ei the Webt The Detroit
Free Pres 'says that nowhere in the
TJoioa is Ureeley's nomination re
ceived witk more enthusiasm than in
the WeBte!t States, the home of the
pioneer ati hardy" settler. The
changes in hi tavor in Iowa, Wiscon
sin, Illinois, MMuri, Minnesota, Ne
brasky, Kansas), and further West
are counted by : ehousancls, and the
campaign is conducted with even
more animation than in the Eastern
&nd?Midd!e States. . Thre is hardly
a postofSce ba ;.let without its Gree
ley "club and" its Greeley pole and
banner, and in every State mentioned
Democrats and Liberals are working
band 'in band to pile up majorities.. ,
Mr Benjamin Wood, editor off the
New York- Evening offel to-
bet $10,000 that Horace Greeley wilt
be elected the text Presides of the
Unite t States, and nobody has been
found who dares ri iba. amount on
Grant's chances.
CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCK.
' Salem, Sept. 10, 1872. '
. After- four days' skirmishing tho
Senate at last succeeded in effecting
an organization on last Friday morn
ing, and now the Legislative pot has
tairly begun to 'bile." Of course
nothing in the way of legislation has
bcetl accomplished, but many meas
ures aro on the slate and will be sub
mitted in due course of time.
It is a noteworthy fact that imme
diately after the organization of the
House, a Radical member from the
classic shades of Yamhill, yclept Bur
bank, precipitated upon the II usee a
bill to repeal the litigant bill, and
from the fact that the little Radical
papers of Oregon are in the last stages
ot dissolution which naught but tho
instantaneous repeal of this law would
check, he urged the immediate pas
sage ot his bill, being entirely igno
rant of the rules governing a law
making body. Tho bill went over
under tho rule and " Clay bank" col
lapsed, lie expects to make a speech
square to the dolorous eloquence of
tho screech-owl and as argumentative
as Mother Goose's melodies when the
bill is put upon its final passage.
This is tho Yambillian's only chance
for fame and he proposes to ''feather
on to it." He is bound to enroll his
name with that of Deady, Woods
Mrs. Duniway, and the other great
men of Yamhill. ,
Salem, Sept. 17.
.Considerable business was transact
ed in the Senate yesterday afternoon.
Baldwin, of Grant, introduced three
bills ono in relation roads and high
ways, another to regulate interests on
contracts, and a third to amend the
law relating to procuring evidence.
These bills all appear to be measures
of utility and necessity, and will
doubtless pass. Dolph, of Multno
mah, introduced a wise and just bill
for the protection of fish and game.
A similar bill was introduced in the
House yesterday; so that you observe
our legislators have at last awoke to
the necessity of some action upon this
subject. It is a fixed fact that a game
law will be cnac'.ed during this ses
sion, ami the useless and cruel slaugh
ter (out of season) of the timid tallow
dear and the wilt-fooled jackass rab
bit will now forever cease within our
borders. Many a "bounding roe" and
cock-pheasant will rise up and call ye
wise Oregon legislators blessed.
Yesterday afternoon the Governor
returned to the Senate bis veto of
two bills passed at the lat session
one appropriating S1S,000 to drain
school lauds in Union county, and the
fclher known as the Portland suboidy
bill. The Senate immediately voted
unanimously to sustain the veto ot the
drainage bill, and alto sustained the
veto of the subsidy bill by a vote of
21 to 1 Coruelins of Washington,
alone voting to pass the bill over the
veto. A caucus of Republican mem
bers was called fur last night, And a
courier-dove tells us that only 33 of
the 43 Rads were in attendance ten
refusing to be whipped, cajoled or
subsidized into a caucur. ( The bird
further whispers into our car that a
vote upon the Senatorial question re
sulted in 24 for Mitchell and 9 for
Corbett. As it is understood that
the ten Re pubs who refused to go in
to caucus are for Corbett, this would
indicate that he has 19 votes in his
own party, which only lacks three
of being a majority of that side of the
Legislative body. It is thought that,
after the signal failure last night, the
caucus will be abondoned and a reg
ular gucrrella warfare inaugurated on
the part of the Holladayilcs. The
Democrats have as yet bad uo concert
of action, but are simply placid spec
tators of the combat. They have
however, their lances in rest, and will
be pretty sure to make a prod into
tome mail's bread basket when tho time
comes.
Salem, Sept 18.
Last night another Republican cau
cus was held, and is said to have been
a worse failure thtn the one of the
preceding night. Only about twenty
eight members were present, and they
all shortly retired in disgust. In the
light of these events ye Senatorial
chances of ye attorney of ye Railroad
King are growing beautifully less.
. Yesterday afternoon the Legisla
ture resolved itself into a penitentia
ry visiting committee, and the mem
bers weirt out en masse and nosed
around" the magnificent edifice for a
couple of hpuvs.' . , This elegant and
imposing new structure has been so
frequently embalmed in printer's ink
since its erection that I do not deem
it necessary at this time to occupy
space in its description. The Urge,
commodious and airy reoms, with
their finely carpeted or sleekly polish
ed floors, and the less sumptuous but
equally reliable cells, are . nil models
of perfection in their way, - while the
fixtures and conveniences indoors and
out seem to be all that the most ex
acting convict could demand. A
large and voluminour library has been
provided by the ..liberal contributions
of the Salemits, to which the involun
tary guests of the mansion have free
access. .From the well thumbed con
dition of the books one ' would sup
pose that many of the inmates were
diligent students, but it is sad to note
that the books on ' Christian Method
ism, with which the library abounds,
ate freen from soil and dog'a-ears than
those relating to a heroic individual
named "Thieo-rrgcred Jack," rnd.
female of questionable refute called
by her biographer "Betse Piper, of
Smoky Row." If these Convicts con
tinue to rend In this line' of literature
until the expiration of their terms of
incarceration there will be no longer
any question of thoir fltticss to repre
sent the people in the legislative halls.
They are certainly fast gravitating to
the title of "Hutiorable."
We observed that tho convicts
didn't wear as fine clothes as the Ls-islature-men,
which item of contrast
made" the latter beam with self-corn-plaoent
smiles. They were glad to
note such a' palpable difference be
tween themselves ami Watkiud's
boarders.
Thcro was one woman in the Peni
tentiary) but she curied her lip in
scorn At tho ftiihiiirir approaches ot
her Honorable visitors, remarking that
although iu her present position she
might seem degraded she yet wished
it understood that thero were depths
to which even she could not descend.
As it wan soon discovered that she
had no vote to cast for United States
Senator, and was withal opposed to
the caucus system, she was left alone
with her deeply offended dignity.
The building Commissioners,
Messrs. Waikinds, Holmanand McAI
exander, deserve the highest praise
for the superior workmanship and ar
tistic skill displayed in the construc
tion of this truly palatial cdiflice. It
is equal in size and appointments to
any similar building in the Slates of
tho Mississippi Valley, and would do
honor to the mother commonwealths
on the Atlantic seaboard. As this
building was designed ami erected
under a Democratic administration it
must remain lor generations as a mon
ument to that party's enterprise, en
lightenment and humanity.
Superintendent Watkinds is doing
all in his power to render the prison
a self-sustaining insitution, and has
already nearly succeeded in doing so.
His energy, perseverance, and dilli
gent attention to bis official duties
are entitled to the highest econii
uniH of the people of the whole State.
Baldin, of Grant, to-day intro
duced into to the Senate a Joint Res
olution to amend the State Constitu
tion in the following respects: That
the members of the Legislature re
ceive five dollars per day, instead of
three dollars as now, and three dol
lars for every twenty miles traveled,
ami that the presiding officer of each
House shall receive Kcveu dollars per
day; that each tegular legislative
session shall not exceed ninety days
uud each special aesHion thirty days;
that the Legislature may at any time
provide for a separate Supreme
Court; that the annual salary of the
Supreme Judges shall be three thou
sand six hundred dollars, the Circuit
Judire three thousand dollars, the
Governor two thousand five hundred
dollars, the Secretary of State and
State Treasurer each two thousand
dollars; and that the State shall nut
iucur an indebtedness to exceed two
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars.
The consideration of the resolution
was made the special order for Satur
day, Sept. 28. The increase of the
salaries of officials is probably well
enough, but we doubt much if the
people are prepared to have the bar
rier thrown down which forbids the
State incuring an indebtedness ex
ceeding fifty thousand dollars. Such
a measure requires the weightest
consideration before its adoption.
It is a long stride for even our pro
gressive young State to make, from
fifty thousand to a quarter of a mil
lion of indebtedness. All things
considered, it occurs to me that the
old law upon this matter of State in
debtedness is good enough for some
years yet. However, as this question
is yet in its incipency a discussion
upon its mefits may be for the pres
ent be'd in abeyance.
Bills are rushing into both Houses
in voluminous numbers, as though
there bad never been any laws passed
for the management of tho common
wealth heretofore. Of course lots of
the introducers don't expect their
bills to pass, they only want to get
noticed by somebody. As fast is
laws of public interest are enacted I
shall transmit copies for publication.
M. V. B.
John W. Forneys paper only
figures out four majority for Grant
in the electoral college. This is leav
ing it pretty close for a Grant paper.
It is about as good as giviig it up.
The battle is on the side of Gseeley,
and the peoplo are rejoiced. Bold
and determined fightiug front this
out will give us such an overwhelm
ing victory that it well be the fast of
political rings. Let the work be
well done, now it is so well begun.
The Grant men only appeal to Demo
crats to save them. Will Democrats
help them?
The ISuUetbi announces that it has
changed hands and it goes , thro-ugh
the simple form of raising the names
of Grant & Wilson. It is whispered
that H. W. Scott who lost his po
sition as editor of the Oregoman
when it changed hands is to take
editorial charge of the Bulletin.
' Hartranft's most intimate friend in
Pennsylvania ia now serving out a1
ten years term ; in the , penitentiary'!
for stealing money out of the " st'aVe'j
treasury, which j Uartranft . aided'
him in stealing He is a pretty man-
t be governor of the- great state of',
aPonnsyiv inia.
PACIFIC COASTERS).
Small pox prevails in Southern
Utah.
Monmouth College has 150 stu
dents. A large brick hotel is being erected
at Walla Walla. .
Peaches are worth six dollars per
bushel in Portland.
Fires continue to rage in the moun
tains near Jacksonville.
Clackamas county has $1,918,191
worth of taxable property.
A vein of coal has been discovered
near Auburn Baker county.
The taxable property of Benton
county foots up 1,500,000.
Snow fell at Kooteuia, British Co
lumbia, on the 31st of August.
An infectious disease has broken
out among the cattle in Nevada.
Lafayette in Yamhill county asks
the Legislature for a city charter.
Washington Territory owes 22,
189 93, aud has f OCG 4G wherewith to
pay,
The Ashland Academy will not be
opened until the latter part of Octo
ber. .
Yamhill dogs subsist principally
upon mutton, slaughtered wherever
found.
It is reported tlfct Gen. Jo Lano
will take tho stump in Oregon for
Greeley.
Minnie Myrtle Miller is in San
Francisco and will lecture on her
husband.
Peaches are almost abundant
enough at the Dalles to bo a drug on
the market. ,
W. II. Odell of Eugene City will
deliver the annual address at the
State Fuir.
Late rains have dono immense
damage to the grain crops all over J
Idaho Territory.
Judge Matlock of Oregon City is
hopelessly ill. His disease is soften
ing of the brain.
The Salem Mercury was four years
old last Saturday, and is large and
lively of iU age.
The machinery of the Dalles Wool
en Mill has been sold and will be
moved t-Iaewhere.
James Diuwiddie of Lane county
tbrentted 4, UUD bushels of wheat from
a field of 100 acres.
The Academy at Roseburg was
opened last Monday under the man
agement of S. W. Rice.
The Yreka Union says the frost in
Scott Valley last Saturday and Hun
day nights was very severe.
The cars on the West Side Rail
road reached Gaston's farm iu Yam
hill county on the 13:h inst.
The l'laindeakr says that the Coos
Bay wagon road is the best mountain
road constructed in the State.
The trial of Mrs. Laura D. Fair
for the murder of A. P. Crittenden
is in progress at San Fraucisco.
Tho famous Arizona "diamonds"
are said to command about one dol
lar a busbc-l in the home market.
The time required to travel from
Jacksonville to Portland by stage
and rail in less than thirty hours.
The exempt firemen of San Fran
cisco have exjended $7,000 for fu
neral expenses during the past year.
The Ceutral Pacific Railroad earn
ed 11,288,000 in August, making
nearly nine millions this year so far.
The amount of through freight on
the Central Pacific Railroad during
the month of August was 2,775 tons.
Mr. A. Cantrell, of Benton county,
has purchased a number of Angora
Goats which he proposes to introduce
on his farm.
The Mountaineer says there are
enough vagabond "siwashee" about
the Dalles to start a good sized Indi
an Agency.
Over one thousand patents for land
claimants have been received at the
Land Office atOlympia during the
past mouth.
Silas Rich, of Prickly Pear valley,
Montana, has a field of what which
he claims will average eighty bushels
to the acre.
The Library of the Willamette
University contains 2,000 volumes,
all first-class works and some of them
very valuable.
Goldsmith Maid and Lucy have
arrived in Sun Francisco and will try
their speed against Stanford's horse
at an early day.
The jury in the Fair murder case
is now full.. Nine hundred and fifty
were called before twelve qualified
were obtained.
The wife of Mr. Thos. Cross, of
Salem, was thrown from a buggy and
killed on. last Monday, near the long
bridge in Salem.
Mrs. C. P. Baden, of Portland, and
ber daughter Hattie, were thrown
from a buggy in Portland last Tues
day and severely bruised. , .
Peter Otterdorf , of Jacksonville,
was thrown out of a carriage the
other night and suffered the breaking
of a rib and other injuries.
James Hamilton, son of Dr. Ham
ilton, of Roseburg, has been appoint
ed to the Agricultural College by the
Senator from Douglas county
The Virtue quartz mill at Baker
City is running up to its full capaci
ty upon rock from the mine , of that
name, and is said to pan out well.
An Olympia exchange says:
"Coal oil, of superior f quality has
been discovered; in ' Chehalis- Valley,
and minerals in the Black Hills.''
, The Taclfus ' Tribune ' says: It is
stated that Ben Holladay will run a
line of steamers from Gray's Harbor
to within eight miles of Olympia, by
traversing the Chehalis and Black
Rivers, and a stage line to this city
will make the connection complete.
A foot of snow fell in places on
the summit of the Sierras, on Tues
day last. This for that locality, is
the earliest snow storm on record.
Volney V. Smith, son of the late
Hon. Delazon Smith, of this State,
is theRadical Republican candidate
for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
The Olympia TranmrijA says the
railroad work is being pushed rapid
ly ahead. In a few days the locomo
tive will be running through Lewis
county.
The Deer Lodge, Montana, Inde
pendent says the lightest wheat crop
in that section will average 25 bush
els to the acre and the heaviest 75 or
80 bushels.
A Polk county man, eighty years
of age, swallowed four live frogs the
other day. It is not stated how
many were a mess for him when he
was younger.
The Kalaina Beacon gives credence
to the rumors that a company of
capitalists are about erecting iron
works across the river from that place
and about four miles up.
S. Barcley, Superintendent of the
Nevada Transportation Company,
was shot, but not dangerously hurt,
at Eureka, California, last Sunday
morning, by John Mcintosh.
The lumbering aud coal trade of
Coos Bay, in the southern portion of
Oregon, is said to be suffering for
want of sufficient tonnage to carry
on the products of the district.
A Man named Miller, a German,
in attempting to leap from bis wag
on while his team was running away,
at Portland last Saturday, fell upon
the bock of his bead and was killed.
E. M. Waite, Eq., Secretary of
the Oregon State Agricultural Society
has by authority of the Society present
ed the members of the Legislature
with admission tickets to the coming
State Fair.
Hon. E. D. Shattuck and
J udire
Page addressed a rousing meeting
of Democrats and Liberals aEugene
City last Tuesday evening. The Eu
gene Gaurd speaks in bieh terms of
tlie speaking.
Tho officer having in charge the
river improvements on the Upper
Willamette has a force of men at
work constructing about one thou
sand feet of a wing-dam on Hum
phrey's elougb.
The late heavy rains, says the Ba
ker City Democrat, are reported to
have injured the crops materially in
Eastern Oregon and Idaho Territory.
The weather at latest advices remain
ed unsettled and threatening
The La Grande Sentinel says: Now
that the harvest is very nearly over
throughout tho county, we are ena
bled to state from the best source
of information, that the grain crop
is about three-fifths of the average.
At all events, taking the old on hand,
and the new crop, there will be a
large surplus.
The Helena Herald says: "Tho
party of N. P. R. R. surveyors now
operating in the Bozeman Pass, are
making a permanent survey for the
construction of the road. After the
preliminary survey to the summit,
rendered necessary by the loss or re
moval of old landmarks, the party
will make the final survey of this
pass, and drive the stakes ou the line
of the railroad."
The Gaurd says: Lane county is
well represented at Salem at present.
We have at that place our five mem
bers of the Legislature, and in addi
tion. Hen. Owens, who bets all his
coin on "Old Nes. for United States
Senate, by G d !" H. R. Kincaid,
the henchman of the Attorney Gen
eral, Rev. J. H. D. Henderson, who
wants a temperance law passed, John
Kelly, who knows what he wants but
don't tell anybody, end Oregon's G.
Francis Train, Gen. E.L. Applegate,
who don't know which he had rather
do or be elected Senator himself.
Mr. H. B. Morgan, living on the
Hillsboro farm, belonging to S. G.
Reed, tet fire on Monday to some
stubble. A . strong northeast wind
set in, blowing the flames toward the
town. The noise was deafening, the
roaring and crackling was heard for
two miles, and so rapid was the ap
proach of the fire that the entire vil-
luge was called out to stop its prog-
ress.
After considerable trouble it
was stopped within a block of the
houses. A quantity of fencing was
destroyed. Mr. Morgan took the
precaution of clearing away from the
fences a distance of one rod, but the
heavy wind caused the lire to jump
thirty yards at a time. Considering
the dryness of everything the town
narrowly escaped being burned.
Had the fire reached the town no
human aid could have saved it.
There abe sevebal Federal Ov
ficals, including a postmaster at
Portland, a collector of Internal
Ilevenue for the Oregon District, a
Collector of Customs at Astoria, and
an occupant of a Load Office at Hose
burg, here, counselling the disograu
ization of the Keyulican party. If
the President knew of this and did
not srive the incumbents , of office
above-mentioned indefinite leave of-
absence, we should think he could
not reasonable expect the Republicans
of Oresron to erne nun trie state m-i
November Statesman. ,"
. The Federal officials referred toby
the; Statesman are Hon. Wilson Bowl
by; Hon. A. Htnman,' and Horil L.
H. Wakefield. , Now gmtlemani say
your prayrs.- , The wolves- are on
your- track.- 1
WEEKLY TEXEOBAPHIC SUMMARY.
1 i
Senator Sumner has gone t'6 Eng
land.
Grunt is on a visit to Washignton.
Horace Greeley is m'dkin'g A tour
of the Western States.
The Geneva Conference has fin
ished its work and adjourned.
Ex-Senator Henderson has been
nominated for Governor, by the
Urantites of Missouri.
It is asserted that the Czar of Rus
suia will demand the abrogation of
the treaty of Paris for the purpose of
co-operating with Austria and Prus
sia. A Constantinople dispatch says it
is understood that some trouble has
arisen regarding the annual tribute
of two thousand dollars annually
paid to the Sultan by the Govern
ment of Montenegro, and that war
will fol'ow.
The Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F.,
of the United States, met at Balti
more on last Monday.
Charles Sumner has been nomi
nated for Governor, by the Liberals
and Democrats of Massachusetts.
It is not yet know whether be will
accept.
Merriman, of North Carolina, will
contest the election of Caldwell.
There is little doubt but he will oust
his late competitor.
Full returns from Maine show the
Republican majority to be 17,082, a
falling off of about 4,000 votes, com
pared with the preceding election.
A dispatch from New York to the
Chicago Tribune, says that the Grant
ites propose to capture Gov. Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, by offering him a
purse of two hundred and fifty thous
and dollars. We have no idea btit
such a proposition will be spurned
with contempt. Great efforts, bow
ever, are being made to secure him
to Grant.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company have selected a site on sec
tion 8, township 13 north, range 2
west, half a mile south of the cross
ing of the rtewaukum itiver, lor a
station, to accommodate the Cheha
lis, Boisfert and Newauknm country
Gen. Tilton is now laying out a town
to be called Newaukum.
The Eugene Guard, the only
Democratic paper west of the Rocky
Mountains, which refuse to support
Greeley and Brown, says if O'Connor
does l ot accept tbe Louisville nomi
nation then we roust ratify the bar
gain made at Cincinnati. Well
O'Connor ill not accept.
Tbe Tery men who are now urging
Republicans to go into caucus for
the nomination of a senator are the
fellows who disregarded tbe caucus
decision in 18GG which nominated
Gov. Gibbs. Obi consistency thon
art a jewell.
It is the funniest thing on record
to bear tbe fellows who bursted tbe
caucus of 18GG, in which Gov. Gibbs
was nomnated Senator, prating
about the duty of Republicans go
in?; into caucus and abiding its deci
sion.
The Jacksonville Sentinel pipes in
its feble way for a Holladay-Mitchell ;
caucus.
Ilollowajr's I'lIIa and Ointment.
For Scurvy", l.epronrt and cutaneous dlwnaes
they are unrivalled. In place where these
maladies nre prevalent, the cures are marvel
lous, ior I ho expulsion of pimples, blotches,
Ac., they are unuaralled. und ns a colmetle the
ointment stand unequalled. Hold everywhere.
A cenbs per box or p.
P.rrFAi-o. "N. Y.. IW. i H70.
Ilt. R. V. PlKRrr. : For the past six inontha
I have used youJ Golden Medical DUeovery In
my praetic?, and in that time 1 have tested Its
merits in sever coughs, both acute and chronic
In chronic diseases of the throat, seven cases
of bronchitis, general deranjrement of the sys-t-m.
consliiinted condition of the bowels, and
wher-ver a thorough Alterative, or blood puri
fier, has been Indicated. In all eases I have
found it to net gently, yet thoroughly and ef
fectually In removing the various diseased con
dilious.'add bringing about a healthy action
throughout tho system. Yours fraternally,
JL. L. HALL. M. D.
This medicine Is sold by all respectable drug
gists In all parts of America.
Removed. I take pleasure In informing tbe
public that I have moved next door to the
old stand my large stock of Clothing and Gents'
furnishing goods, and will receive on the next
steamer Irom Kan Francisco a new and large
Invoice of the latest styles of Fall and Winter
goods, which I will sell 25 percent less than any
other house! In the city, In consequence of hav
ing to pay'less rent than any other establish
ment. Please give me a call before purchasing
elsewhere, and I will convince you that I sell
cheaper than any house on the coast,
Trv mo and "Utko a smoke." also.
ti4w4 N. F.acm, Albany.
Gent's French rubber toilet gosds. Samples
25, 35 and 40 ceuts. Also a large variety of
funcy pictures uf all kind at 10 ejuU each or
S for 25 cents. Send mo a three eont ft amp
nod get one of my circular. Address J. D.
Mountfort, Box 116, Wathington, I). C, 3m.
Aoaib ix tbb Field. Tha old reliable house
established in IS50. Old firm; new goods. A
sploodid sswrtment of French fancy goods just
received many of them now introduced into
this eounlry for tho 8rst time. , Header, enclose
me a three cent ttanp aaa I will tend you by
return mtil my circular, containing most valua
ble information for every man and woman in
the countiy, ani a catalogue of fancy goods
which I soli at astonisiiirig low prices. Address
J. I). Mountfort, P. Ol Box lift, Washington,
1). C. nltnS.
WEEKLY
PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BT F
BARHBIt 4 CO.
Follottg s- tbe prices paid for produce, and
the prioes at which other articles are selling in
this market :
WHEAT White. bushel 60.
OATS buel. 80 eta.
POTATOES 4 bushel, t .50.
ONIONS btifhol. $1 l 50.
FLOOR 1 bbl.$ 50.
11KANS White, S Jb. 45 eta.
lltIEI FRUIT Apples, !b, eents;
Peaekes, Pi, 16 cts.j Plums, V IbrH-j
Currants. 4 lb, 10c.
BUTTER lb. r-srked 25o. fresh roll SOo
KOtS doxen. 80 ets.
CHICKENS doseo. $3 00.
, eUUAR Crushed, t lb, 15 ets.; Inland,
In, $11(5)13 cts.j San FraueUoo Kofiaed,
ra in, 14 eta. 4
TKA Young Hyson, lb, $1 50; Japan
i tt lb. 00c$l (10 5 Black. 1J, T5c$l 50
COFFEE lb. 2:i25 eunu.
SALT lb, li2j ets.
SYKUP Heavy Uoldeu, $ keg, $5,
Ex. Heavy Golden. $1 ga)!.. Si 25.
BACON Hams. Oregon, r$ ft, 18; Eastern,
ZOets.j- Shoulders, 10 ets. ; 1
LARD p lb, 15 ets. I ; t ? - ,
OIL Devoe's Kerosene. 33 irallnn. 75 ets..
can. 5 gall., 3 00 ; Linseed Oil, raw,
" gall., SI UTi; Linseed Oil, boiled,
-" SI 25. : - -BEEF
Neat, J Ih, 5J cents.
V0RK Neat, fl ft. 6 oenls.
SHEEP ifcrtten, rer-beed, $2 T54.
NEW ADVE-RTlSEMENTSi
HEALED PROPOSALS,
fcEALED PROPOSALS WTLI Bfe IlECEfV
9 ed at the office of Wv AlbonyvA Hantlam
Water Ditch or Canal Co., up to October 1st,
Vfl2. for rradlne, diftstnK or flmlnr said ditch.
Plans and specifications will be found at the
office of said Company. L. EI.KIN8,
D, aiAHsriBD, meey. . president.
8nGtf
SPECIAL SOT ICE. :S
Af.HAJrr, Sept. IP, 1872.
CERTAIN PARTIES HAV1XO C1RCUI.A
ted n-Dorts calculated to Iniure the character
and Rood standing of W. H. Newbury a-an!
lionfHlsnamiM.won.riy nuirwK man, inky,
to certify that the sall W. 8. Newbury la imt
trtixti-d and anthorird Ofneral Agr-nt, and
any transaction by mm in the (train business,
we bold ourselves personally rexnonxlble for.
C. B. COM STOCK A CO.
Sept. 20, W73 nw2.
CHRYSTAL PALACE CIRCUS
WILL M
AT
ALBANY DURING THE FAIR !
ooMMESGnra wedhesday.
SHrxurfs sals.
mjOTlCE l HEREBY GIVEJV THAT BY
i virtue of an execution issued out of tb
Oninty Court of the Mate of Oregon, for linn
(Urn niy, and to n" directed and delivered, in
lavor of ISnrnerd Hunt, plaintiff, and against
John Popper and Aleck Keller, defendants, for
the sum of f l'H fie, Judgment and coats of suit,
I have this Hth day of Hepternber, A. I. 1472,
levW-d upon the following described real estate,
to-wlt : Lot tio. 1 in filock 'o. s. In the town of
North lirownsvllle. Lino county, OreRon, the
property of said defel UanU, as described on
the plats and srtrveys of said Brownsville, on
file in the Clerk's office in linn county, Oregon,
and on
Saturday, the 20lh Jay of Oct., 1872,
between the hour of 9 o'clock A. j. and 4
o'clock P. M., to-wlt: 11 o'clock A. M. of said
day. In front of the Cotut House door. In th
City of Albany, I Jnn county, Oregon, I will sell
the above described property, for cash in hand,
at public outcry, to tbe tiisbest bidder.
AiA.KH PARKER,
KhertfT, I -Inn Co- Oregon,
Pated, September 13. W7i nw. m.
CiREiT RINH
TERRIFIC EXCITEMENT IN SALEM.
"LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCK-SMITHS."
PLAM0HD05 & STTHPS03r,
PROPRIETORS OF THE BELVIDERB
StLOO.V (the acknowledged lashwmabis
resort In Halem) have opened an elegant sal
oon In tbe
CIIEMEKETA HOUSE.
Where they are ready to rater to the palates of
the moot latidtous imbibers of tbe Capital
CUy and the visiting public
ixml forget to drop in at the "Bclridrre" and
"Chemeketa."
FT-AMOXUOX 8IMPSOX.
Halem, Sept. II, ISltmZ.
CUABDIAX'j KALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
IN THE MATTER OP THE ESTATE AND
Guardianship of Jacob Nye, an Insane per
son, or a person incapnbie of transacting his
own business. Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an order of sale, made and entered of
ri -er.nl by the County Court of Linn county, Or
egon, at the H iemoer term thereof, 1ST2, 1 will
S--1I at tbe Court Hon dour, at Albany, Ore
gon, at public auction, on tsaturday, the oth day
of October, 17A at 1 o'clock r. n of said
day, t hat is between the hours of t o'clock A.
M. and 4 o'clock r. X.. of said day. tbe follow
ing described real estate belongUiK to said ward,
to-wlt : Coramencine at a point M chains north
of the south-west eorna-r of the lkmatioa Land
Claim of Jacob Nye, it being claim Not. No.
rsK', and Claim So. 44, In Tp. IX H. It-, 1 west
Lino eotmly, Oregon, and running thence
north 11 eHoms. raitf. 1'-) chains, south 12 chains,
w-st I'U chains to tbe plane of beginning con
taining L5j acres more or leso, lying and being
in I Jnn cou'atV. Oregon. Terms ot sale are
one-half of purchase price to be paid down In
I, t. gold coin, and the residue to be paid in I".
H. gold coin, with 1 per cent, interest per month.
In six months, with apiimved security by mort
gagf on the jrrvTnb.-. upon the notice, teru.a
and conditions as by bw iesrrfbvd.
K. M. POWE! I, Guardian.
Geo. R. HfXJf, Att'y fr Guardian.
set, a. 137J. mwi.
HERE-S YOUR CHAXC
A MOST DISIRAULJ
FARM FOR SALE!-.
THE TNDERSIONEP OFFERS FOR SALE
a lann consisting of 3LD acres, all fenced
j in and cmss-iencd (new plank). There are l.TS
acn-a in nnm cultivation, any pan m wnicn w
tilted tor tail plowing and susceptible of tha
highest culture. The land Is rich, high and
rolling. Tbe balance of the farm is in pasture
land of the very best kind. The farm is well
protected tmin the north and we- winds by
timber, which also affords ample firewood.
There Is on the place an orchard of choicest
varieties of iruit the orchard being in much
better condition than I even usually .seen in
thin "land of big rd apples." Tbe farm Is
abundantly supplied with pore water.
IJCATION.
The farm is situate three miles north-west of
ftbedd's Railroad (Motion : two and a half miles
south-west of Tangent Htation: seven miles
Irom OorvalUs, and ten miles south of Albany.
TERMS OF SALE.
I offer the farm for sale at the extraordinarily
low price of fjrj) per acre, and will pve tha
IHirchsser accommodating and easy terms.
Or. I will take 14.0UO bushels of wheat for the
farm, one-third to be paid down and the bsl
lanceto be paid in two annuel enatallmenbi,
with ten percent, interest, also paid in wheat.
Tbe Dlaee Is eenerallv recoenixed bv mil who
have a knowledge of it as being tbe
BEST FARM IN LINN- COUNTY.
I have raised wheat unon it this Tear, with
nrhtiiary cultivation, on am average of THtHTY-
rillillUKEUrUACII,
For turther terms and particular" inquire of
W. L. YANTIS.
v8ntm. v ' Albany, Oregon.
SAUT FRANCISCO
FURNITURE STORE!
REDUCED PRICES !
E. D. WHITLOW & CO.,
Importers and Dealers In
FURNITURE!
First St., 3 doors below Conner's Bank,
ALBANY. OREGON,
Keeps constantly on hand for sale ;
Black Walnnt f arlor and Chamber Sets ! .
Fainted Chamber Sots!
Diniag- Room Furniture !
Citcbea Furniture ef All Kiada!, . .
. -
SOFAS, -v . , . -
. WCXC.EK, (s i-- .;
KFK1NO MATRKSSE8, .?
r rULU KUREKA.BEDS, -
X.VBLKS.
DKIKSTEADS,
HOCKING CHAIRS,
STAsNDS, - :'
kUitEACS, ' - ' -
WHATXOTS, j
BKACKETS,
BOOK CASES,
SECRETARIES,
DESKS, ' fj
...... ....... KTCv, ETC.
UPHOLSTERING
In all Its branches. Orders filled with prompt
ness and dispatch. ;
C0FFINS MADE TO ORDER !
Repairing and ManaflBetarlaa:
Done to Order. ,
. b7"A11 our work, warranted to
Civ us an
Early Call and
ewr Stock. .
Examine
sytloods delivered to any part of th city. la
-5uotl. K-D.-NVHIIXOW CO.-